Shailene Woodley Says She Didn't Sign Up for a 'Divergent' TV Show

When Lionsgate announced its intention to make Ascendant, the final film in the Divergent series, a TV movie that would pave the way for a TV show, fans were more than a little worried that the actors from the films wouldn't be interested in following the series to television.

Those worries, it turns out, were totally justified.

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Shailene Woodley, who stars as Tris in the Divergent films, has become the latest actor from the franchise to say publicly that she would not be on board for a TV movie.

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"From what I know, they want to proceed with a television show, which is not something that I signed up to do," Woodley told E! News. "Out of respect to the whole scenario, there could be things that have changed, but I didn't sign up to do a TV show."

Woodley's statement echoes that of costar, Miles Teller, who told The Hollywood Reporter in August that he hadn't signed on to continue the Divergent story on television.

"At this point, it's a different set of circumstances. We'll see. I honestly haven't talked to anybody," he said. "We all signed on for it in hopes that it'd be released in theaters, and we all had every intention of finishing [the franchise]."

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